They look like blood blisters and doctors don't know what causes them but if you have cherry angiomas you know how unattractive they make you feel.
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They are also called senile hemangiona because they usually appear after the age of 40 but can also afflict children. These little red or purple spots are benign dilated capillaries and can appear over most of your body.
Western Medical Solutions
Western doctors don't have the cure but they do have procedures to eliminate angiomas one at a time. None of the three procedures used are high risk and are just mildly uncomfortable but they are not cheap.
Expect to pay between $80 and $600 per angioma depending upon your doctor, location and method used. Also anticipate that a new angioma will appear in a new location.
- Cryotherapy is an minimally invasive treatment that utilizes liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy the angiomas. Cryotherapy is also used to remove skin tags and moles.
- Electrosurgery is considered the most effective procedure for removing cherry angiomas. It employes a high-frequency current that essentially ruptures the angiomas through the heat generated.
- Laser vaporization is often used to treat urinary and vaginal problems including the human papilloman virus. Intense laser beams generate heat in the skin and vaporize the angioma. This technique is quick and a large number of angiomas can be removed at once.
Eastern Medical Solutions
The problem with the western medical approach besides the cost is that it offers no cure and no hope that the removal of one cherry angioma will not be replaced by another.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) cherry angiomas are considered an indication of a toxic liver.
If you also suffer from bloating, dry mouth, bitter tasting breath, fatigue, ridged nails and emotions of anger or anxiety, TCM says that you have a very toxin liver. Eye problems, sleep disturbances and weight gain are also associated with a toxic liver.
The good news is that a liver cleanse, which doctors of TCM recommend you do at least twice a year, is really quite easy. A toxic liver is one filled with heat so you want to nourish your body with cooling elements.
- East fresh organic fruits and vegetables.
- Use cooling herbs such milk thistle, dandelion and yellow dock.
- Drink apple juice, which is high in malic acid and will act to neutralizer stagnant bile in the liver.
- Eat yogurt or other fermented foods, which are sour and cooling and aid digestion.
While cherry angiomas are unattractive, they are also a sign that the body is in distress. Heal the source and cure is natural.
Pick up some liver cleansing herbs and let the healing being.
